News Roundup: June 12

‘East Bay Punk’ documentary soundtrack up for preorder

The soundtrack to Turn It Around: The Story Of East Bay Punk is now up for preorder at Amazon and beyond. The soundtrack includes the following tracklisting of “rare, unreleased and / or out-of-print tracks”:

Modern Life Is War releasing vol. 1 of ‘Tribulation Worksongs’

The new series of releases from Modern Life Is War, Tribulation Worksongs, has kicked off through Deathwish. The first 7″, which includes “Feels Like End Times” and “Lonesome Valley Ammunitions” is available on red vinyl (limited to 549), clear (549), white (549) and black (limited to 1,650).

Also, for packaging, lyrics were typed out by vocalist Jeff Eaton on his 1950s typewriter, while each cover was hand-stamped.

These are already shipping.

Coathangers’ reissuing ‘Scramble’

Suicide Squeeze Records has put up a new pressing of The Coathangers’ 2009 full length album, Scramble. The new pressing is on yellow and double mint vinyl, limited to 1,000.

Christopher Lantinen
Chris Lantinen is the owner and editor-in-chief of Modern Vinyl. Along with his modest collection of sad sounding records, he collects his share of soundtracks and previously adored indie up-and-comers. Chris is currently a professor of journalism and public relations at Edinboro University in the Erie, Pennsylvania area.